My thanks to the Film Freaks Forever podcast with Mark Legan & Phoef Sutton for turning me on to this gem. Here's an MGM movie from 1967 that I had never heard of -- THE FASTEST GUITAR ALIVE. It stars Roy Orbison. Now for those unfamiliar, Roy Orbison was a huge singing star in the '60s. Hits like OH PRETTY WOMAN, CRYIN', IN DREAMS, ONLY THE LONELY, RUNNING SCARED, BLUE BAYOU to name just a few. He had a truly amazing spectacular voice.
But he was not an actor. Not even a great showman when he performed. Usually he wore sunglasses. I'm a little disappointed he didn't wear shades in this old time Western.
Anyway, the premise is that he had a guitar that was also a rifle. Anytime he played an A chord someone died.
Here is the trailer. It makes those cheesy Elvis movies look like CITIZEN KANE. I see it's on Amazon Prime. I gotta see the whole thing.
Shockingly, there were no sequels.
WARNING: Politically incorrect... actually incorrect on all levels other than cheese. Enjoy.
from By Ken Levine
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